Arthashastra
तेषाम् अभावो जन पद अभावे, स्वाम्य् अमात्ययोश् च अनन्तरः" इति ॥
There will be no such things in the absence of people, next to the king and his minister.
english translation
teSAm abhAvo jana pada abhAve, svAmy amAtyayoz ca anantaraH" iti ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript